In a rare move amid the TikTok shutdown, Apple has published a statement and a support document listing all affected apps that are inaccessible in the

With TikTok, CapCut, and Marvel Snap shut down in the US, Apple has taken the unusual step of articulating why it’s following the law banning ByteDance apps and removing them from the App Stores for the Mac, iPhone, and other devices.

TikTok was banned in the US due to national security concerns over its Chinese ownership, prompting federal action requiring ByteDance to divest. As suitors are being lined up, the ByteDance-backed app will remain unavailable in Google and Apple app stores in the US.

Three days after ByteDance's TikTok went dark and then was quickly revived in the United States, users who deleted the app were anxiously checking iPhone and Android devices to find it still unavailable to be downloaded again.

Apple has announced the removal of ByteDance applications, including TikTok, from its US App Store under a federal ban due to national security concer

TikTok was banned in the U.S. due to national security concerns over its Chinese ownership, prompting federal action requiring ByteDance to divest. Despite delays in enforcement, the app remains unavailable in US app stores until a sale to a U.

Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.

TikTok is currently not available in the US App Store, despite service being restored for users who have it already downloaded. Here’s why.